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The Cochrane review of exercise and mobilisation for carpal tunnel syndrome found limited and very low quality evidence of benefit.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“There is limited and very low quality evidence of benefit for all of a diverse collection of exercise and mobilisation interventions for CTS.”
Exercise and mobilisation interventions for carpal tunnel syndrome (Cochrane review), Page MJ et al., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012, Authors' conclusions.
Open the original- What it measures
- The review found that people who prefer exercise should be told how limited the evidence is.
- What it does not show
- The review gives no recovery time. Its trials were small and mostly at unclear or high risk of bias.